Traffic device



Feb. 22, 1938. R. CUBBY 2,109,286

TRAFFIC DEVICE Filed April '7, 1936 Patented Feb. 22, 1938 UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE 2,109,286 I TRAFFIG evice Richard Cubby, Paterson, N. J. 1Application April "7, 1936, Serial 73,140

12 Claims.

This device is to be used for the protection of pedestrians, especiallyschool children, before and while crossing a street or streets. Theobjects of the said device are,to regulate traffic, and protectpedestrians (school children) at street crossings.

A brief description of the views of my drawing is as fol lows In thedrawing:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a device made in accordance with myinvention with the flag stop signal in position for use.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same with the parts out of positionfor use.

. Figs. 3 and 3a are detailed views of alternative forms of guard pole,Fig. 3 showing the guard pole of telescopic type.

Fig. 4 is a detail showing the flag signal stop.

Fig. 5 is a sectional detail of fittings shown in Fig. 6 to permit theguard pole to be held in the position shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is a vertical central section of the entire device but with theguard pole supported in the position it occupies when not in use.

Fig. 7 is a detail showing in vertical section a five-way fitting forsupporting the signal shaft and the fitting which permits propermovement to be given to the guard pole.

Referring now to the details of the drawing by numerals: I designates abase of any desired configuration supporting a tubular stanchion 2.Within this tubular stanchion 2 there is supported an inner shaft 3, thestanchion being provided with a bottom collar 4 and an upper collar 4. Abottom collar 5 is also provided at the lower end of the aforesaidstanchion 2. At the upper end of the stanchion, I provide a cap Ithreaded to the stanchion and secured by lock nuts. A spring 6 surroundsthe tubular shaft 3 and is located between the collar 4' and the cap Ias clearly shown in Fig. 6, and frictionally engages said parts toprevent undue turning of the inner shaft 3. A;five-way head fittingdesignated by the numeral 8 is securedat the upper end of the shaft 3,this five-way head being shown in section in Fig. '7. This fitting 8pro- Vides a support for the socket l to'receive the upper signalsupport shaft I3. Thi's shaft I3 is secured to the socket ID by means ofa pin [4 and at its upper end it is provided with a reducer which isconnected to and supports a flange I18 which inturn supports a cube [6having red and green disks on its. opposingsides. The five-way fittingis also provided with an arm 26 toqwhich is secured a handle :21 bywhich the operator may give the desired movement to the Various partsthrough the medium of the aforesaid five-way' fitting. As shown in Fig.6, I have provided a T 9 which extends through the five-way fitting 8and rotatably held therein by 5 means of a lock nut 28, the constructionbeing such that the operator by grasping the handle 2'! may. move theentire device upon the shaft 3 as an axis. Through this T 9 is extendedthe guard pole either of the bamboo construction 10 shown in Fig. 3a. orof the telescopic form shown in Fig. 3, the form illustrated in Fig. 6being of the telescopic character shown in Fig. 3. This telescopic guardpole, as before stated, extends through the cross-member of the T 9 andis longitudinally movable therein so that it can be moved to theposition shown in Fig. 1 by extending the same vertically and turningthe T 9 at right angles to the position shown in Fig. 6 until the guardpole assumes the position shown in Fig. 1. When, however, it is desiredto return the guard pole from the position shown in Fig. 1 to thepositions shown in Figs. 2 and 6, the T 9 is turned to its verticalposition shown in Fig. 6 and the telescopic guard pole is collapsedvertically and is moved downward until it passes into the two fittingsvI9a and l9b. When in this position the guard pole is out of operativeposition and occupies very small space as indicated in Fig. 2. The guardpole is preferably formed with a rubber tip 2| at its free end and witha cap 22 at its other end which can rest upon the base 1 when not in theposition for use. The larger member of the telescopic guard pole isprovided with bushings 23 which permit the members of the aluminumtelescopic guard pole to be extended or to be telescoped to the positionshown inFi-g. 6. Bushings 24 and 25 are also provided, :one near thelower end and the other just below the bracket I90. While I have statedthat the device may be operated by the handle 21, it will be observedthat when the guard pole is moved upwardly to be free from the brackets|9a and to so that it can be turned to a horizontal position, theoperator may move the guard pole 4.5 so as toleave its end projectingfrom the T 9 as shown in Fig. 1;, in which case he is able to use theshort projecting end as a handle in lieu of the handle 21. Furthermore,by placing one of his hands upon the short end and the other upon thelonger end, one hand on eachside of the T 9, he can nicely balance theguard pole at any desired angle as emergencies may require. Where in theclaims I referto the handle, I wish it to be understood that this termis used in its broad sense to include either the handle 21 or the shortend of the guard pole when that is used as a handle.

From the foregoing and accompanying drawing it will be seen that I havedevised a very simple form of trafiic device for the protection ofpedestrians and adapted especially for use at street crossings which arefrequented by school children. When the device is not in use it occupiesthe position shown in Fig. 6, but when it is desired to use it, theoperator extends the telescopic guard pole vertically from the positionshown in Fig. 6 until the guard pole is free of the brackets l9a and19b, when the operator may partially rotate the T which supports thetelescopic guard pole upon its supporting bracket 8 until the guard poleoccupies the horizontal position shown in Fig. 1. When it occupies thisposition, the operator may then through the medium of the handle 21 andthe arm 26, rotate the five-Way member 8 so that the guard pole with itsflag stop thereon is projected out into the street or is turned parallelto the curb stone. It Will be understood that, when the operator causesthis movement, simultaneous movement is given to thecube l6 so that whenthe stop flag is across the street, the red side of the cube will bedisplayed to the trafiic drivers and the green side exposed to thepedestrians, whereas when the device is moved so that the guard pole isparallel with the curb, the signal IE will also be rotated so that itwill show a green signal to trafiic drivers and a red signal topedestrians.

What I claim as new is: a

1. In a device of the character described, the combination of a supportadapted to rest upon the ground and comprising a vertical tubularstandard, an inner shaft carried by said standard, a, guard pole carriedby said inner shaft and rotatable with respect to said tubular supportinto two positions, one across the path of pedestrians and the other atright angles thereto, a spring located in said vertical standard andfrictionally engaging the same and preventing undue turning of saidinner shaft and said guard pole.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination of a portablesupport adapted to rest upon the ground and capable of movement fromplace to place and comprising a vertical standard, a relatively lightpole movably supported by said vertical standard and extending from bothsides thereof and forming a handle upon one side of said standard and aguard member upon the opposite side thereof, said light pole beingcapable of movement into a vertical position and also movable, Whilehorizontally held, into two positions, one across the path ofpedestrians and the other at right angles to said path.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination of a supporthaving a bracket projecting therefrom, a guard pole carried by saidsupport and. movable vertically and longitudinally into and out of saidbracket, said guar'd pole when free from said bracket being also movableinto two horizontal positions, one across the path of the pedestrian andthe other at right angles to said path.

4. In a'device of the character described, the combination of a support,a rotatable member at the upper end of said support having a memberprojecting transversely therefrom, a bracket also projecting from saidsupport, and a guard pole longitudinally movable through said memberinto and out of said bracket, the guard pole when free from said bracketbeing also movable into different horizontal positions, one across thepath of the pedestrians and the other at right angles to said path.

5. In a device of the character described, the combination of a supportadapted to rest upon the ground and comprising a vertical standard, aguard pole movably carried by said standard and movable in two positionswhereby the pole may be moved across the path of the pedestrians andwhen in said path movable at right angles to said path, a signal poleprojecting upwardly from said support, and a handle for simultaneouslymoving said guard pole and said signal pole.

6. In a device of the character described, the combination of a support,a guard pole carried by said support and capable of movement into avertical position and also into a horizontal position, said guard polealso being movable, while horizontally-held, into two positions, oneacross the path of the pedestrians and the other at right angles to saidpath, a signal pole projecting upwardly from said support, and a handlefor simultaneously moving said guard pole and said signal pole.

7. In a device of the character described, the combination of a supporthaving a bracket projecting therefrom, a guard polecarried by saidsupport and movable vertically and longitudinally into and out of saidbracket, said guard pole when free from said bracket being also movableinto two horizontal positions, one across the path of the pedestriansand the other at right angles to said path, a signal pole projectingupwardly from said support, and a handle for simultaneously moving saidguard pole and said signal pole.

8. In a device of the character described, the combination of a support,a rotatable member at the upper end of said support having a memberprojecting transversely therefrom, a bracket also projecting from saidsupport, and a guard pole longitudinally movable through said memberinto and out of said bracket, the guard pole when free from said bracketbeing also movable into different horizontal positions, one across thepath of the pedestrians and the other at right angles to said path, asignal pole projecting upwardly from said support, and a handle forsimultaneously moving said guard pole and said signal pole.

9. In a device of the character'described, the combination of a supporthaving a bracket projecting therefrom, a shaft rotatable in saidsupport, a member projecting horizontally from said shaft, a guard polecarried by said horizontal member and movable vertically andlongitudinally therein into and. out of said bracket, said guard polewhen free from said bracket being also moved into two horizontalpositions, one across the path of the pedestrians and. the other atright angles to said path, and a handle for moving said guardpole.

10. In a device of the character described, the combination of a supporthaving a bracket projecting therefrom, a shaft rotatable in saidsupport, a member projecting horizontally from said shaft, a guard polecarried by said horizontal member and movable vertically andlongitudinally therein into and out of said bracket, said guard polewhen free from said bracket being also moved into two horizontalpositions, one

across the path of the pedestrians and the other at right angles to saidpath, a signal pole procombination of a support, a rotatable member atthe upper end of said support having a member projecting transverselytherefrom, a bracket also projecting from said support, a guard polelongitudinally movable through said member into and 5 out of saidbracket, the guard pole when free from said bracket being also movableinto different horizontal positions, a signal pole projecting upwardlyfrom said support, and a handle for simultaneously moving said guardpole and 10 said signal pole.

RICHARD CUBBY.

